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Indy 500 spectator Magnussen eyes Indy test

May 22 Kevin Magnussen is pushing for an Indycar test, after witnessing first-hand the opening days of practice for the fabled Indy 500. The Dane is racing for Chip Ganassi's sports car team this year, and so he stopped by at Indianapolis and listened in to the action on fellow former F1 driver Marcus Ericsson's radio. 'First I went up to the big stands and saw them run through turns 1 and 2,' Magnussen told BT newspaper. 'I could walk almost all the way to the edge of the track where the cars blow past at 390kph, and then directly into turn 1 without braking.' 28-year-old Magnussen, whose father Jan raced in America's premier open wheel category, said he has told his boss that he is...
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